Report: Abuse documented at Florida reform school

A newspaper investigation shows abuse at a north Florida reform school known for horrific beatings decades ago didn't just disappear.

The Associated Press

MARIANNA, Fla. — A newspaper investigation shows abuse at a north Florida reform school known for horrific beatings decades ago didn't just disappear.

The St. Petersburg Times reported the state investigated and verified many cases of abuse at the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna over the past five years.

One guard broke a boy's nose by headbutting him. Guards also ignored an unresponsive diabetic boy whose blood sugar was low. A boy was stuffed in a laundry bag and a guard encouraged others to punch and kick him.

There were also reports that guards encouraged fighting and showed children pornography.

The abuse is at the same school that in 2008 apologized for severe beatings that happened there in the 1950s and 1960s.